Pelagic red crab stranding (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Pelagic red crab stranding

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During pelagic red crab stranding events--like this one documented at a beach in Pacific Grove, California--the small red crustaceans wash ashore en masse in areas far north of their usual home range in the Mexican state of Baja California.

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Photo by Stephanie Brodie

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